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SpeciesStrigiformesStrigidae
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🦉Blakiston`s Eagle Owl

Bubo blakistoni Seebohm, 1884

Blakistons visuil (Ketupa blakistoni, synoniem: Bubo blakistoni) maakt deel uit van de uilen (Strigidae). De uil is genoemd naar de Britse ontdekkingsreiziger en bioloog Thomas Wright Blakiston, die het dier in 1883 ontdekte op het Japanse eiland Hokkaido. De vogel werd in 1885 door de Britse ontdekkingsreiziger en ornitholoog Henry Seebohm beschreven. Het is een visuil die vooral jaagt op amfibieën en vissen in ooibos langs rivieren.

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Also called
Blakiston's Eagle-owl, Blakiston's Fish Owl, Blakiston's Fish-Owl
Conservation status
VUVulnerable

IUCN Red List assessment, 2025.

Population trendDecreasing
Key measurements
Body mass
3.85 kg
Body length
not recorded
Shoulder height
not recorded
Top speed
not recorded
Bite force
not recorded
Maximum lifespan
not recorded
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Everything we know about the Blakiston`s Eagle Owl

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Body mass
3.85 kg
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Tail length
0.26 m
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Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0

Wing length
0.51 m
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Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0

Beak length
0.05 m
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Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0

Tarsus length
0.08 m
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Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0

Trophic level
Carnivore
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Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0

Habitat
Riverine
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Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0

Lifestyle
Insessorial
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Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0

Volume l
3.9 Laverage
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Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.

average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.

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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classAves
  4. ›orderStrigiformes
  5. ›familyStrigidae
  6. ›genusBubo
  7. ›speciesBubo blakistoni
Full lineage
  1. orderSauria
  2. classBirds · Aves
  3. orderOwls · Strigiformes
  4. familyStrigidae
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  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumChordata
  3. subphylumCraniata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. superclassGnathostomata
  6. superclassSarcopterygii
  7. superclassTetrapoda
  8. orderSauria
  9. classBirds · Aves
  10. orderOwls · Strigiformes
  11. familyStrigidae
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In other languages
duc pescador de Blakiston (ca), výr Blakistonův (cs), Stor Fiskeugle (da), Riesen-Fischuhu (de), Bubo blakistoni (es), äyriäishuuhkaja (fi) … and 22 more languages
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